Store-service apparatus



(Nd Model.)

W O L L E F D O 0 G H J STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

No. 505,458. 7 PatentedS ept. 25, 1893.

o E 8 83 M U W UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAMSONCONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,458, datedSeptember 26, 1893.

Application filed August 10, 1885. Renewed June 22, 1893. Serial No.478,532. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN H. GOODFELLOW, of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Store-Service Apparatus; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in the carriers for store serviceapparatuses, and it consists of certain novel features hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved carrier showing the anti-friction rollersmounted on springs to retain the car on the track unless removed byhand. Fig. 2 is an end elevation looking from the end of the car shownin Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures shown in the drawings, A represents thecylindrical shell of the car which is composed of two sections 0;b,thelower one I) being smaller in diameter than theupper one, a. Thelower section works on a pivot and readily turns into the upper sectionwhen required. A handle b is attached to the lower section for operatingit.

B is the frame of the carrier, rigidly secured to the carrier, and aboutmidway its length extends upwardly and outwardly terminating in twoarms, cd. This upward extension is in the form of a bracket and isplaced to one side of the vertical center of thecarrier in order thatthe carrrier wheels will keep such central position so that the car willhang perpendicularly. The wheels E are journaledl on studs, fg and areprovided with a deep groove to fit the wire or other track D.

On the lower portion of the bracket frame I screw a spring 0 by means ofthe screw or bolt 0'. The spring is slit or bifurcated at each end sothat when turned around a mandrel they form journals for retaining therollers h't'. The resiliency of the spring is such that it keeps therollers h-t' in contact with the track.

WVhat I claim, and desire to procure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a store service apparatus, the combination with a track or way, ofawheeled carrier adapted to travel thereon, having a spring as C,supporting at its free ends rollers adapted to run in contact with andbear against the under side of the track, substantially as described.

2. In a store service apparatus the combi-.

nation with a tracker way, of a wheeled carrier adapted to travelthereon, having a spring attached at its middle point to the carrier,said spring provided at its free end with wheels adapted to run incontact with and bear against the under side of the track.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW.

Witnesses:

ISAAC L. TAYLOR, B. J. MARKWELL.

